This crossword No. 9435 clues and answers were published on Fri 28 Jul 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 9435 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Waste dealer : SCRAPMERCHANT
8-across – Australian bird : EMU
9-across – An eye for an eye : TITFORTAT
10-across – Ponder : MEDITATE
11-across – Examine : SCAN
13-across – Teach – fishes swimming : SCHOOL
14-across – Flemish painter : RUBENS
16-across – Support a play – player : BACK
17-across – Ex-crown colony in south China : HONGKONG
20-across – Impassioned – excitable : EMOTIONAL
21-across – Misery – tribulation : WOE
22-across – Completely surprised : TAKENUNAWARES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Vapour : STEAM
2-down – For the full hours : ROUNDTHECLOCK
3-down – Suit – supplication : PETITION
4-down – Property – may go with rank : ESTATE
5-down – Short cut – taken when hunting? : CROP
6-down – Disciplinary and legal procedures for the armed forces : ARTICLESOFWAR
7-down – Lockjaw : TETANUS
12-down – One-storey house : BUNGALOW
13-down – Subordinate – part of sentence : SUBJECT
15-down – : JOININ
18-down – Divine – estimate : GUESS
19-down – Traffic control – to write one’s name : SIGN
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.